West Don River Parks

West Don River Parks Photos of Earl Bales Park, the Hinder Property, the West Don Parklands, & G Ross Lord Park through the seasons.

Mostly taken during daily dog walks in the Don West River valley.

• late afternoon sun spotlights a patch of leaves prepped for jettison in the first frigid blasts of winter
10/27/2024

• late afternoon sun spotlights a patch of leaves prepped for jettison in the first frigid blasts of winter

• False Solomon's Seal foliage in fall flavours
10/25/2024

• False Solomon's Seal foliage in fall flavours

We've been sitting under a stalled airmass for the last week or so & it's expected to continue. Clear with temperatures ...
10/21/2024

We've been sitting under a stalled airmass for the last week or so & it's expected to continue. Clear with temperatures reaching mid twenties is better than a stalled rain event!

Colourblind Forest
10/15/2024

Colourblind Forest

Garbage & litter at G Ross Lord Park has become overwhelming & discouraging. Dumped junk within sight of garbage cans (t...
10/12/2024

Garbage & litter at G Ross Lord Park has become overwhelming & discouraging.

Dumped junk within sight of garbage cans (the dump shown below is now into its 2nd week), party firepits surrounded by discarded fast food packaging, empty liquor, beer, w**d pkgs, & used condoms - all too common here. And there's even a Parks Dept work-yard in this park!

A current review of Toronto Parks work-crews points to management & employee failure. The auditor general's report said "On average, crews reported spending just over four hours of a standard eight-hour shift performing park maintenance on location, but GPS information indicated the average was just two hours and 36 minutes." The result is in our faces and makes a crappy park experience.

Mushroom Condo
10/10/2024

Mushroom Condo

• likely Virginia Creeper
10/06/2024

• likely Virginia Creeper

• White Baneberry or Doll's-Eyes - (Actaea pachypoda)• the berries are considered poisonous; heart damaging
09/29/2024

• White Baneberry or Doll's-Eyes - (Actaea pachypoda)
• the berries are considered poisonous; heart damaging

• wild asters
09/28/2024

• wild asters

• it's the season of wet leaves
09/26/2024

• it's the season of wet leaves

Jewelw**d• like goldenrod, I find jewelw**d very difficult to photograph well
09/25/2024

Jewelw**d

• like goldenrod, I find jewelw**d very difficult to photograph well

• fading summer
09/24/2024

• fading summer

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